Hello can i ask do u hav any advice if ppl is medication which is side effects of weightgain. Is there anything thay can b done 2 help as well as just standard diet + exercise or tryna come off the meds? What is the best advice 4 ppl in that sitiation? Thanx

Hey mate, well the medication itself is outside of my scope of practice, but what I can say is that medications that DO have this effect are doing so because they affect appetite

The universal law of energy balance however still apllies (calories in v out)

It does mean that you may need to put more care and attention into managing hunger levels, making sure to select mostly lower calorie filling foods, as opposed to calorie dense foods that don’t fill you

So not much changes to be honest, everything pretty much remains the same,

Thank u. So is it always the case its just about appetite they dont effect storing fat or owt? Yea, i telt the dr if they want me on this medication it puts me a few steps behind the start line weightloss wise, i mite not ever catch up with other ppl but at least i can move forward eh.
Hunger is always a problem i wish they woud invent a (legal!) way 2 control it honestly haha

Yep, I’ve found that people for the most part, in all aspects of life, love to have an opinion, but generally don’t know what the f*** they’re talking about lol

“I know the experts, scientists and researchers who have spent their entire lives on this subject have come to a confounding conclusion based on the body of evidence over the past 100+ year,s but let me tell you about my uninformed personal opinion given that I know next to nothing about the subject at hand outside of a daily mail article & a netflix documentary” lol

Aye. I mean 2b fair i think ppl is just goin off there own experience of them meds sumtimes cos ppl can get annoyed when on the 1 hand ur drs like take these, then next theyr on about ur weight. But i think sumtimes ppl dont realise they was eating more when they was, its easy done i suppose!!

@Hebbron25
Not sure if cyclings your thing, but theres various ways of attaching a kid to the bike, (seat, trailor, and those mini bike attachment tandem things…)
Quite nice Dad kid bonding…
Now my boy is older I run and he cycles along mocking me!

Yeah we do that during the summer. Ive had a. Couple of pretty bad cycling accidents in the winter over last 3 years (been in hospital twice) so a bit wary. Update anyway have found a gym that does family events etc.

Hi @maxnas I’ve got a question about protein consumption. I’ve heard 0.8 grams per pound of lean body mass, is that impacted by the type of protein? For example if it’s from vegetarian sources vs animal protein.

1.6-2.2 / kg is best for maximizing muscle building if strength training (for obese people they’d be better off sticking to the ‘health’ numbers as they wont need as much protein)

Veg sources of protein are usually lower in certain amino acids, meaning the benefits from veg sources dont give you the same bang for your buck, so for a veggies I’d recommend shooting for the higher end of those ranges or slightly above

Hi. Have just started playing with Man Vs fat and have been a part of my team for 4 weeks. Just after the first game I injured my thigh(thigh strain) so had a couple of weeks off. Played tonight with a support on and it’s gone again. Any suggestions? Also how can I improve my fitness. I find I can only run a short distance before I’m burned out.

Sounds like you’re a classic case of needing to build up slowly. It’s frustrating and you’ll be tempted to cheat and jump in at the deep end but you’ll just pick up an injury.

I’ll save you the £50 you’d pay a physio and tell you that you need to dial it back to a level that your body is comfortable with. Then you need to measure this and make sure your body is comfortable with it. Then week by week you do a bit more.

Take the football. It might kill you but perhaps you say that for the next five weeks you want to go in goal while your injury heals. At the same time you could start to track your steps (have you got a pedometer? Grab one if not they’re great). Whatever you can comfortably do keep adding 1k per week until you can easily do 10k per day. That gives you a baseline fitness that you can build on.

What you build on it with depends on what you LOVE doing. Hate running, don’t do it. Hate swimming, sack it off. Love to dance, get on your dancing shoes.

You might have been looking for something more specific around plans and exercises and I’m sure that advice will be forthcoming but the essence of it is that you need to build up slowly and listen to your body.